Rigveda 1.164.20
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 164 · Verse 1.164.20
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
द्वा सु॑प॒र्णा स॒युजा॒ सखा॑या समा॒नं वृ॒क्षं परि॑ षस्वजाते । तयो॑र॒न्यः पिप्प॑लं स्वा॒द्वत्त्यन॑श्नन्न॒न्यो अ॒भि चा॑कशीति
dvā suparṇā sayujā sakhāyā samānaṃ vṛkṣaṃ pari ṣasvajāte tayoranyaḥ pippalaṃ svādvattyanaśnannanyo abhi cākaśīti
Two winged birds, close companions, together smote a common tree after birth. One of them ate the sweet fruit for pleasure; the other, not eating, remained looking on.
Two birds associated together, and mutual friends, take refuge in the same tree; one of them eats the sweet fig; the other abstaining from food, merely looks on.
Two Birds with fair wings, knit with bonds of friendship, in the same sheltering tree have found a refuge. One of the twain eats the sweet Fig-tree's fruitage; the other eating not regardeth only.